ELECTORAL NOTES.

Evening Star, Issue 4008, 30 December 1875, Page 2

ELECTORAL NOTES.

Our Riverton coireapondent inlorms us that two fresh candidates are in the field for that district, Mr L. ft?‘Donald, late Mayor, and .V •‘tichavd Matthews, solicitor, of Invercargill. Both arc Abolitionists. It is thought they uavo been brought forward by the aiiliCentral party to divide the voting of the Abolitionists, but as neither of them arc likely to get much support, it is not expected they will at all affect Mr M'Gillivray’s chance of being returned.

At the East Coast nomination yesterday the following candidates were proposed :—Messrs Wm. Kelly {the late member), Morris, Bead, Marsh. The show of hands was in favor of Air Moms by a majority of 14. So many Richmonds are in the field for Riverton that the e’eotora are sorely puzzled as to which one they will support. There are three Provincial candidates, and fearing that Mr M'Giliivray may slip iu between them the Wintou portion of the constituency has declared for f)r. Hokgkiuson.

At tho Nelson suburbs nomination the show of hands was— Richmond IS, Rout 8. At tho Bullcr nomination, Mr K. J. O’Conor and Dr Henry, of Charleston, were proposed. On a show of hands being taken, there was a majority of twelve for Mr O’Connor, who declared himself opposed to abolition, but in favor of a modified form of Provincialism. Dr Hemy s chance is considered good. He favors abolition pure and simple. At the W aimea nomination Messrs Shophard anu Baigent were proposed. Tho show of hands was in favor of Mr Baigent. The Heathcote nomination took place to-day, the show of hands heT.g—Fisher 17. Hr ,R y. Wilson 5. The former is certain to be returned.

The Mataur* nomination took place to-day. when Messis Cuthbertsou aud Wood \vor<i proposed. The show of huuls was -Wood, 20 ; OuthbertTOu, 24. The poll take.-. place on the Gill of January.

At the nomination for Waipa, one of iho Waikato districts, the show of hauls was— Cox, 24 j M’Minn, 3. A poll was demanded.

HU REID AT MOBCHEI.. In the course of his speech at the Taiori nomination yesterday, Mr Reid, in referring to the Abolition Bill, said it depended on the now Parliament whether or not the , bolition Bill should become law. He was free to say for himself, as one of the minority who said’ that this question should be remitted to theoonstituencie-, teat if the electors determine by a majority that there shall be a cliaoge, ho will be prepared to accept that decision. . of course, when the Parliament met, ho would to vote against the Abolition Bill to determine who hj r or not there was a majority in favor of u ; but ho would at once slot- frankly that be would raise no factious opposition, and so far as his humble ability went, lie would assist in framing the form of Government which was to supersede the Proyimial system. He thought the very best policy for the Colony was to retain the present form of Government. He believed that, owing to the configuration of Iho country- owing to its extreme length, and the diversity in the character of the countiy -it would not be advantageous to endeavor to govern the Colony, with respect to all its local aifairs, from one c-Mitre—that was to say, to govern it in the same way as Victoria is governed. Any attempt to do so would not meet with the hearty co-operation of the people. But he saw no reason the; of ore why they should have a separation of this country, uor _ why should all matters relating to the outside world should not bo carried on bv a Federal Government, as it was in the early days of the Colony, That was to say, they should have a Government in Wellington which would have to do with all matters ol a Colonic! nature, as provided in the Constitution Act, leaving to the Provinces or Provincial districts the management of all matters of local concern, and the raising of local revenues required for carrying on that management. Thus they would throw on each part of the Cob ny, and on the residents in each part of the 1 ’olony, the responsibility of determining what works they wished to have carried out, and by what means they should be carried out. GREY AND BELL ELECTION. The polling resulted in the return of Mr F. A. Carrington, Snpe ntenduit of the Pro* yince, who polio i 244 votes to Mr Conuott's 31. A KARO A ELECTION. The following was lire result of the polling yesterday Montgomery .. 205 Pellett 150 TIMARU ELECTION. Yesterday the Hon, ,W, Stafford was elected for Timaru without opposition. lie XT ELECTION resulted in the return of Mr Pitzhcrbert. The following was the voting : Fit-zlu-rbe’rt. Untoliinsou. Lower Hutt ... 127 0 Taita ]7 i,| DpperHntt ... 35 5 Wniuui and Gmata 0 38 11S GO Majority for PilzVrbert, 112.